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Global warming in the 21st century
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Global warming in the 21st century

Author: Bruce E Johansen
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Series: Praeger perspectives
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Bruce E Johansen
ISBN: 0275985857 0275985865 0275985873 0275990931 9780275985851 9780275985868 9780275985875 9780275990930
OCLC Number: 64510392
Description: 3 v. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents: v. 1. Our evolving climate crisis -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Volume 1 -- pt. 1. Global warming science : the evolving paradigm -- Introduction -- 1. Climate-change science : the basics -- 2. Scientific research : the issue's complexity -- 3. Feedback loops : global warming's "compound interest" -- 4. Global warming and ozone depletion -- 5. Weather wars : global warming and public opinion -- References : Part 1 : Global warming science : the evolving paradigm -- pt. 2. The weather now - and in 2100 -- Introduction -- 6. Watching the thermometer -- 7. Drought and deluge : changes in the hydrological cycle -- 8. Climate change and the United States of America and Canada -- 9. International impacts -- References : Part 2 : The weather now - and in 2100 -- v. 2. Melting ice and warming seas -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Volume 2 -- pt. 3. Icemelt around the world -- Introduction -- 10. Climate change in the Arctic -- 11. Melting Antarctic ice -- 12. Mountain glaciers in retreat -- pt. 4. Warming seas -- Introduction -- 13. Sea-level rise -- 14. Greenhouse gases and changes in the oceans -- 15. Global warming and marine life -- References : Part 4 : Warming seas -- v. 3. Plants and animals in peril -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Volum 3 -- pt. 5. Flora and fauna -- Introduction -- 16. Mass extinctions and other considerations -- 17. Flora and fauna on the British Isles -- 18. Flora and fauna : a worldwide survey -- 19. Effects on human health -- References : Part 5 : Flora and fauna -- pt. 6. Solutions -- Introduction -- 20. Acting globally and locally -- References : Part 6 : Solutions -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Series Title: Praeger perspectives
Other Titles: Global warming in the twenty-first century
Responsibility: Bruce E. Johansen.
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